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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 314 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Go round the circle): Order: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-purple, purple, red-purple. Primary: red, yellow, blue. Secondary: orange, green, purple. Tertiary: the six two-word colours. Neighbours on the wheel are called analogous colours; black, white, grey and brown are neutrals and are not on the wheel.

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  1. 1.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  3. 3.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  20. 20.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  32. 32.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. blue-green
  3. analogous colours
  4. secondary colour
  5. tertiary colour
  6. True
  7. False
  8. True
  9. red-orange
  10. grey
  11. orange
  12. yellow
  13. False
  14. False
  15. 12
  16. orange
  17. 6
  18. 6
  19. purple
  20. a primary + a secondary
  21. tertiary colour
  22. red-orange
  23. purple
  24. red
  25. red
  26. yellow-orange
  27. yellow
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. blue
  32. purple
  33. False
  34. red-purple
  35. red
  36. True
  37. blue-purple
  38. blue-green
  39. False
  40. True

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